Artemisia cina, Wormseed, Levant, Santonica, -Western-

Artemisia cina. Wormseed, Levant, Santonica Family: Asteraceae
PARTS USED: Unexpanded flowerheads
TASTE: Bitter ODOR: Aromatic, characteristic.
ACTIONS
1.Vermifuge.^[1]
INDICATION
1. Roundworm, threadworm, though ineffective against tapeworm.^[1]
PREPARATIONS
With honey or treacle or as a decoction or infusion.^[1]
Santonin BP 1963.
NOTE- High doses are toxic.^[1]

ORIGIN: Eastern Europe and Russia. Cultivated elsewhere.
DESCRIPTION: Flowerheads contain three to five minute, tubular flowers without pappus. The flowerheads are about 3 mm long and 1.5 mm in diameter, greenish-yellow when fresh, brown when kept for a some time; each has numerous oblong-obtuse scales closely overlapping each other. .
References

[1] Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations R.C. Wren Revised by Elizabeth M. Williamson and Fred J Evans. First published in Great Britain in 1988 and reprinted in 1989 and 1994 by the C. W. Daniel Company Limited. 1 Church Path, Saffron Walden Essex. Published 1988 Printed and bound by Biddles, Guildford ISBN 085207 1973.
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Constituents

Volatile oil, containing 1,8-cineole as the major component up to 80% with a-terpineol and carvacrol.^[1]
Sesquiterpene lactones- about 2-6% L-a-santonin and a-hydroxysantonin = artemisin.^[1,2]
References
[1] Plant Drug Analysis, Ed. H. Wagner et al. Pub. Springer-Verlag (1984)
[2] Martindale. The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 27th ed. Pub. The Pharmaceutical Press (1977) UK

Research

Santonin is particularly active against round worms, and to some extent against thread worms, but is ineffective against tapeworm.^[1]
References
[1] [1] Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations R.C. Wren Revised by Elizabeth M. Williamson and Fred J Evans. First published in Great Britain in 1988 and reprinted in 1989 and 1994 by the C. W. Daniel Company Limited. 1 Church Path, Saffron Walden Essex. Published 1988 Printed and bound by Biddles, Guildford ISBN 085207 1973.